Automation Software Engineer

Automation Software Engineer - Python | AWS

Technical Lead | Senior Developer | Infrastrutucre Automation | IaC

Southampton, Hampshire
Hybrid, 2 days a week onsite
£80k-£100k plus 8% bonus, pension, healthcare

Are you a software engineer who loves solving infrastructure challenges through code?

We're recruiting for an Automation Software Engineer to join a major long-term government technology programme, helping build large & secure customer contact and communications platforms used by critical organisations.

This is an opportunity to work on complex cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering challenges where your work will have a direct impact on the success of a high-profile programme.

Unlike many infrastructure roles, this is a genuinely software engineering-focused position. You'll spend your time building automation frameworks, developing internal tooling, creating Infrastructure as Code solutions, and eliminating manual processes through clean, scalable, production-quality code.

What You'll Be Doing | Summary of Skills

Building automation frameworks and tooling using Python
Developing Infrastructure as Code solutions with Terraform
Creating reusable templates and code generation platforms using Jinja/Jinja2
Automating Windows environments through Power Shell
Managing and improving configuration management with Puppet
Building CI/CD integrations for infrastructure delivery
Working closely with cloud, platform and engineering teams to improve automation and operational efficiency
Driving infrastructure standardisation, reliability and scalability across complex environments

Why Apply?

Join a major government-backed technology programme
Work on highly secure, large-scale cloud infrastructure projects
Significant engineering ownership and technical challenge
Modern automation, cloud and Dev Ops tooling
Hybrid working with a collaborative engineering culture
Excellent opportunities for career growth and progression within a global technology organisation

Location:

Eastleigh, Hedge End, Whiteley, Southampton, Fareham
Working Pattern:
Hybrid - 2 days onsite, 3 days remote

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